Xanthosia elegans Roberts, 1962

Remarks

• Collector:    George Klein
• Formation:  Matawan Group, Wenonah Formation
• Location:     Monmouth County, NJ.

General Info  

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1962 Xanthosia elegans Roberts

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Matawan Group, Wenonah Formation of New Jersey

• Matawan Group, Merchantville Formation of Delaware

Age  

• Xanthosia elegans Roberts occurs in the early Campanian (~81 mya).  

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Monmouth County, NJ

• New Castle County, DE

Remarks  

         For identification and descriptions, see:  

• Richards, H. G.  1962.  The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part 2.  New Jersey Geological Survey Bulletin 61, 177 and Plate 89, figure 1.